Chapter 2: TI-83 Plus  Specific Information  15 
 
TI-83 Plus  Developer Guide     Third Release May 28, 2002 
Flag Name  IY Offset  Equate Description  Comments 
indicOnly  indicFlags  1 = only update run indicator  Sets the interrupt handler to update 
the run indicator, but not to process 
APD, blink the cursor, or scan for 
keys. It is useful when executing 
I/O link port operations for speed. 
shift2nd  shiftFlags  1 = second key pressed   
shiftAlpha  shiftFlags  1 = alpha mode   
shifLwrAlpha  shiftFlags  1 = lower case, shift alpha set also   
shiftALock  shiftFlags  1 = alpha lock, shift alpha set also   
grfSplit  sGrFlags  1 = horizontal graph split mode   
vertSplit  sGrFlags  1 = vertical graph split mode   
textWrite  sGrFlags  1 = small font writes to buffer 
0 = small font writes to display 
Use when writing small font 
characters. Determines if the 
character will be written to the 
display or to the corresponding 
location in the graph backup buffer, 
plotSScreen. Useful for building a 
screen in RAM and then displaying 
it in its entirety at once. 
fullScrnDraw  apiFlag4  1 = allows draws to use column 95 and 
row 0 
 
bufferOnly  plotFlag3  1 = draw to graph buffer only  Causes all of the graph line and 
point routines (pixel coordinates as 
inputs) to be drawn to the graph 
backup buffer instead of to the 
display. 
fracDrawLFont  fontFlags  1 = draw large font in UserPutMap  Enables the normal font to be 
drawn using the small font 
coordinate system. See section on 
Display in the System Routine 
Documentation. 
customFont  fontFlags  1 = draw custom characters  Allows an application to have the 
small font routines display a font 
defined by an application. See 
section on Display in the System 
Routine Documentation. 
lwrCaseActive  appLwrCaseFlag  1 = enable lower case in GetKey loop  Causes the GetKey routine to 
recognize lower case alpha key 
presses. When set, the key 
sequence ƒƒcauses 
lower case alpha mode to be set. 
Table 2.1: System Flags (continued)